# Fractures and dislocations at Petroleum Service Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20231211748` · 12/30/2023 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Petroleum Service Corporation
- **Location:** 4999 Scenic HWY (Exxon Mobil Chemical Refinery), BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70805
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a tank car for loading while chipping away solidified product in the manway opening of the tank car. A pressure noise within the tank car startled the employee, causing him to stumble backward and fall approximately 10 feet over the guard railing at the chemical loading rack to the ground. The employee suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured right wrist and  ankle, and a dislocated jaw.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*